New Brunswick is diving head first into festival season, and medical professionals are not only warning music-lovers about the dangers of drug use, but they're also stressing the importance of sexual consent.

Emmanuelle Landry, a sexual assault nurse examiner, said the sexual assault rate often increases with events such as this weekend's Evolve Festival near Moncton.

"We see a little increase with festivals, especially in the summer, where there's more alcohol involved, and drugs," Landry told CBC's Information Morning Moncton.

"A person who is intoxicated, whether it is with alcohol or drugs, technically the person cannot consent to any type of sexual activity."